But your homophobic reaction aside, I actually like the new voice better. The old voice was pretty standard pop-punk snarl...which is fine. But it sounds like he's trying to do something different with it. It's a lot different, so I understand why big fans wouldn't like it...but its not a bad change in my opinion. He sounds more original.

09-29-2009

Llamas

I hate Tom's voice regardless and would prefer if Mark sang all the songs, but I also think his voice actually sounds more unique now. He's less nasally and typical sounding. I mean, he couldn't carry a tune then and he can't now, but at least now he seems to be trying to use a little bit of "style".

Watching that video made me realize something. If Tom could find a balance between the egotistical overly serious dick he was in Angels and Airwaves, and the intentionally immature and fart-joke obsessed idiot he was in Blink days... and kept working on actually being able to play guitar (he definitely seemed to have more control over the guitaring in the newer video, though he still kinda sucks)... I might actually be able to like the new blink material.

09-29-2009

Ninty Man

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Originally Posted by romerotxg

in my opinion the best band ever (the offspring is my 3rd favorite)
so lets talk about blink

No .

09-29-2009

randman21

Come on, guys. He sounds like Bobcat Goldthwait in that video. :(

No, but seriously, maybe it's because y'all don't listen to the radio, but I hear this voice with multiple bands, and this just sounds like a bad impression of it. It's like that melodramatic, gaspy voice that's big nowadays. I welcome change, but this...it would be like Dexter singing with a country drawl all of a sudden.

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Originally Posted by Ninty Man

No .

Why do you come to every Blink 182 and Metallica thread and do this?

09-29-2009

jacknife737

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Originally Posted by Apathy

He doesn't sound anything like Elton John.

But your homophobic reaction aside, I actually like the new voice better. The old voice was pretty standard pop-punk snarl...which is fine. But it sounds like he's trying to do something different with it. It's a lot different, so I understand why big fans wouldn't like it...but its not a bad change in my opinion. He sounds more original.

Thank you! I much prefer the "new" Tom voice to the "old" one.

I'm actually pretty excited to hear some new material from them; he just seemed more suited for pop punk rather than the arena rock that AVA tried to be.

09-30-2009

RageAndLov

I don't think I know of a worse band than Blink 182. How people manage to listen to them is beyond me.